Students for a Free Tibet has launched a global “Say No to China’s Confucius Institutes” campaign....

Since 1990, Roll Call has been tracking the potential influence each state has on national affairs....

...HB321, SD2 proposes a 15% gross proceeds tax and a 10% special sales tax on so-called 'medical' marijuana sold in Hawaii....

...projects will take place in West Hawai‘i, West Maui, and He’eia (O’ahu)....

House and Senate conferees met today to begin negotiations on a final version of HB500, the state budget bill....

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs has continued to urge Governor Ige and University of Hawaiʻi President Lassner to address the outstanding legal i$$ue$ involved in the planned Mauna Kea thirty-meter telescope before the moratorium on construction is lifted....

On April 21, 1898, Spain broke off diplomatic relations with the United States in a long-simmering dispute over Cuba....

The number of homeless individuals on Oahu is 4,903, a 4% (191) increase over 2014. The percentage of those who are unsheltered is 40% (1,939), the highest percentage since these data were collected in 2009....

...the ōpe‘ape‘a, or Hawaiian hoary bat, flew through the Senate, glided through the House of Representatives, and will land on Governor Ige's desk in the attic of the Capitol Building....

The aquarium fishermen even at loss of income have willingly agreed to the new laws and plan to have continuing dialogue with DAR....

The humpback whale is currently listed as endangered throughout its range. The proposed rule finds that ten of those 14 populations do not warrant ESA listing....

Modest Innovators need improvements in several policy and other foundational criteria to better create an environment for innovative companies to thrive....

Fifteen states are betting they can convince more doctors to accept the growing number of patients covered by Medicaid with a simple incentive: more money....

This looks more like Mark's excellent adventure....

Whether it's activists on Mauna Kea, the Akaka Bill or the Native Hawaiian roll, questions of law abound....

Hawaii levies the second highest tax burden in the country on its low-income families. A major reason for this is the General Excise tax....

A new 50-state study, Undocumented Immigrants’ State and Local Tax Contributions, by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy....

HB145 has quite a history. It started as a bill to limit the tobacco tax on large cigars to 50 cents per cigar....